December 09, 2025
Africa: UN Calls for Stepped-Up Commitments to Global Emergency Fund As Needs Outstrip Resources
As humanitarian crises around the world outpace the funding available to address them, senior United Nations officials today rallied the international community to urgently… Read more »
December 08, 2025
Central Africa: 'Life By Life' - UN in West and Central Africa Launches $5.1 Billion Aid Appeal With Urgent Call for Global Solidarity Over Indifference
The UN and partners are appealing for $5.1 billion to deliver essential lifesaving aid and protection in West and Central Africa. Funding shortfalls have forced humanitarians to… Read more »
December 07, 2025
Africa: 'Life By Life' - UN Launches $33 Billion Aid Appeal With Urgent Call for Global Solidarity
Priority to support 87 million people with lifesaving needs - aim is to reach 135 million in 50 countries in 2026 In 2025, 98 million people got help despite deep funding cuts and… Read more »
November 17, 2025
Africa: Deputy Emergency Relief Chief Urges the Security Council to Use Leverage to Address Hunger in Conflict
Remarks on Addressing Food Insecurity as a Driver and Consequence of Conflict by Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Humanitarian… Read more »
June 16, 2025
Africa: UN, Partners Unveil Hyper-Prioritized Aid Appeal Amid 'Cruel Math' of Brutal Funding Cuts
- In the wake of the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector, the top United Nations aid official today presented the global "hyper-prioritized"… Read more »
April 17, 2025
Africa: Marking 27 Years of the Guiding Principles On Internal Displacement
oday marks the 27th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement - a landmark framework that defines the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and… Read more »
March 06, 2025
Africa: UN Releases U.S.$110 Million to Shore Up Life-Saving Assistance in Neglected Humanitarian Crises
With global humanitarian funding being scaled back precipitously, the United Nations today allocated US$110 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost… Read more »
